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Naukma Presentation Booklet 2013 Honouring the Past Creating the Future NaUKMA Presidents Address In the early 90s, a group of enthusiasts started building the first high- quality pro-Ukrainian university, oriented at world academic and educational standards. Today, reviewing our accomplishments, we can say with confidence that we have already built such a university. Kyiv-Mohyla Academy during all its history was much more than just a university. It was a focal point for national development. It became the place where an innovative educational model was cre- ated, and today this model is being disseminated nationwide. The National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy is one of the intellectu- ally strongest and most prestigious universities of our country, the initiator of most educational reforms introduced in Ukraine. NaUKMA brings together the best, the most talented people «of all estates and titles» (academicians, students, businesspeople, public activists, politicians and artists) inspiring them to achieve that which Vyacheslav Briukhovetskyi seemed impossible when these people were unconnected. Through Hero of Ukraine, Doctor of the vehicle of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine is returning to its Euro- Philology, Honorary President pean intellectual and academic roots. of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Our goal is to create a high-quality Ukrainian University, able to com- pete at an international level. This journey and our achievements along the way allow us to state with confidence that the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy is better integrated into the world academic community than any other Ukrainian university, and that all educational innovations that have appeared in Ukraine after 1991, were first introduced in our university. The principles we follow when developing our university derive from traditions established by Petro Mohyla during the early 17th cen tury, and revived by Vyacheslav Briukhovetskyi in the late 20th century: innovation, high quality of education, honesty, distinctive corporate culture, and professionalism. All this helps us to integrate Ukraine into the world educational and academic context. Traditionally, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy has been a territory of freedom — Serhiy Kvit intellectual, academic and creative. Therefore, we consistently de- Doctor of Philology, Professor, fend university autonomy. We believe that this must be the focal President of the National University point for higher education reform in Ukraine. of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Today NaUKMA is implementing a new vision of the university into Ukrainian society: the university as not just a place where knowl- edge is passed on from professors to students, but also a reputable expert community, involved in all social processes; a place where sci- entific research is conducted and new valuable knowledge is created. The contents of the education provided at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy has changed with time, but the main goal has always remained the same: to nurture a critically thinking, professional and patriotic per- son, and an active citizen. Firmly rooted in its historical traditions, NaUKMA always was and always will be open to changes. Our uni- versity itself is an agent of social change in Ukraine. Together we are developing the University that changes the country. We Honour the Past, We Create the Future. History During the period of its prosperity (17–18th centuries), Kyiv-Mohyla Academy considerably influenced the intellectual, scientific, educational, cultural and spiritual life of Ukraine. Its alumni shaped social and political views, influenced the national consciousness of Ukrainians. The Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Founders Prominent personalities associated with Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Philosopher Hryhoriy Skovoroda Composer Artemiy Vedel Writer Petro Hulak-Artemovskyi Composer Maksym Berezovskyi Academician Petro Prokopovych Architect Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi Philosopher Theofan Prokopovych Academician Ivan Danylevskyi Academician Ivan Maksymovych Writer Vasyl Ruban Academician Danylo Samoilovych Halshka Metropolitan Hulevychivna Petro Mohyla (canonised) Church hierarchs (students and professors of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy), canonized by the Orthodox Church Metropolitan Petro Mohyla Metropolitan Dymytriy (Tuptalo) Metropolitan Ioan (Maksymovych) Bishop Iosaphat (Horlenko) Archbishop Theodosiy (Uhlutskuy) Archimandrite Paisiy (Velychkovskyi) Metropolitan Petro (Konyushkevych) Bishop Sofroniy (Kryshtalevskyi) Hetman Petro Hetman Konashevych-Sahaidachny Ivan Mazepa Hetmans of Ukraine (students of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy) Ivan Vyhovsky Yuriy Khmelnytsky Pavlo Teteria Ivan Briukhovetsky Petro Doroshenko Mykhailo Khanenko Ivan Samoilovych Ivan Mazepa, Ivan Skoropadsky Pylyp Orlyk Pavlo Polubotok Hetman Metropolitan Danylo Apostol Ivan Vyhovsky Rafail Zborovsky 2 2012 The decision of the Kyiv Civil Court upheld the right of NaUKMA to occupy the premises of the Brotherhood Dormitory, Prothesis, and the Hegumen’s House (May 3–16) 2011 NaUKMA Senate awarded the first PhD degree in Ukraine to a gradu- ate of the NaUKMA Doctoral School (November 24) 2010 Instruction № 1353-p by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine officially transferred NaUKMA to the sphere of management of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (July 7) 2009 NaUKMA granted a title of self-ruling (autonomous) Research Univer- sity (Resolution № 799, Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine) (July 29) 2008 Ukraine’s first Doctoral School opened; western-style structured PhD programs enrol their first students (October 6) 2008 Consecration of the renovated Church of the Holy Ghost (XVIII). NaUKMA complex «Library-Museum-Archive» established (June 12) 2007 The 16th session of the NaUKMA Academic Conference elects a new NaUKMA president — Dr. Serhiy Kvit (June 29) 2007 NaUKMA President, Dr. Vyacheslav Briukhovetskyi, awarded the title «Hero of Ukraine» (Decree of the President of Ukraine № 559/2007 from June 25, 2007) 2007 The Tetiana and Omelyan Antonovych Library opened (May 24) 1996 First Convocation held at NaUKMA; degree certificates awarded to 151 graduates (June 30) 1994 NaUKMA accredited at the fourth (highest) level (June 30) 1994 Decree of the President of Ukraine awarding «Kyiv-Mohyla Academy» the status of a «National University» (May 19) 1993 UKMA activity and Study Programs approved by UNESCO Interna- tional Expert Council (May 23–24) 1992 University of «Kyiv-Mohyla Academy» officially opened; the first en- trants accepted as students (August 24) 1991 Decree of the Chairman of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada «On the revival of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy on its historic territory as an inde- pendent Ukrainian institution of higher education — Universi ty of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy» issued. Vyacheslav Briukhovetskyi, Doc tor of Philology, nominated UKMA president (September 19) 1920 The buildings of KMA were passed to Dnipro Military Flotilla and to the Central Research Library of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences 1918 Kyiv Theological Academy closed 1817 The Sacred Synod resolved to close Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. A Theo- logical Seminary opened in its place; two years later it was renamed the Kyiv Theological Academy 1763 Decree forbidding teaching in Ukrainian issued by Tsarina Kateryna II 1701 Legal status of a higher school and the title «Academy» is granted for 1694 Kyiv-Mohyla Academy by the Tsar’s charters 1658 Kyiv-Mohyla College is granted legal status of a higher school and the title «Academy» (according to Hadiatska Uhoda, ratified by the Sejm of Rzeczpospolita in May, 1659) 1632 Kyiv Brotherhood School and Kyiv Lavra School merged, and Kyiv Brotherhood College established by St. Petro Mohyla 1615 Monastery, hospital and school for children of all estates founded on the inheritance bequeathed by Halshka Hulevychivna. October 15 is Official Day of the Founding of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy 3 Mission France is the Sorbonne. Britain is Oxford and Cambridge. USA is Harvard. Ukraine is the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. NaUKMA adapts the experience of the best foreign Priorities for University Development universities to the social, cultural, educational and — Active Foreign Cooperation economic needs of Ukraine. This harmonious integra- tion of the best of Ukraine’s educational traditions with — Advancement of Academic Researches global trends has resulted in NaUKMA becoming re- — Innovative, Professional, High Quality Education cog nized as one of the best Ukrainian universities. Like the old Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, which created an inno- vative model of education for a whole region and was a Management of NaUKMA prominent phenomenon of its time, NaUKMA today is more than just a good university. It offers high quality — Supervisory Board education, and also outputs valuable research results, — Board of Trustees acts as cultural and spiritual centre for Ukraine’s de- velopment. — Academic Conference NaUKMA’s mission is to provide conditions for the — President of NaUKMA self-actualization of highly educated, nationally-con- — Senate scious individuals, able to think independently and to act according to the principles of Justice and Good. NaUKMA’s vision is to be recognized as one of the world’s leading universities. Organizations and officials assisting the rebirth and development of NaUKMA — Honorary President of NaUKMA — International Consultative Board — Supervisory Board — Board of Trustees — Student Council — International Club of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Friends — Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America — Canada Ukraine Foundation — International Charitable Found for the Renaissance of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy 4 Innovations The NaUKMA
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